Do not proposals to integrate broadband in Freeview receivers mean that local TV can develop on main TV’s without access to spectrum?
3.1. As is often reported, approximately 39 per cent of UK homes who have access to broadband choose not to subscribe, often because they cannot afford to do so. In contrast, 69 per cent of UK homes currently have at least one Freeview receiver, even though Freeview is only currently available in approximately 73 per cent of households. ULTV argues that Freeview has become the ‘default’ platform for TV in the UK. 3.2. ULTV welcomes the government’s announcement, in the 2009 Budget, that it intends to explore with the BBC how the licence fee’s so-called ‘switchover surplus’ could be used to help fund the universal delivery of broadband and promote take-up. However, any heavy use of video on demand applications on broadband requires high data limits. ULTV understands there are advanced plans to integrate broadband connections into Freeview receivers but this would almost certainly need to be coupled with broadband subscriptions which include unlimited downloads – far beyond the monthly b
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